Individual Details
Benjamin Gunnell
(Jan 1896 - 28 Jul 1918)
Birth: Jan., 1896
Oshkosh
Winnebago County
Wisconsin, USA
Death: Jul. 28, 1918, France
The Daily Northwestern Oshkosh, WI Sat 17 Aug 1918, page ten:
Relatives in this city have received a telegram announcing the death of Ben E. Gunnell, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Gunnell of Arlington, NJ, who was killed in action in France July 28.
The young man was born in Oshkosh and was twenty-four years of age. He enlisted soon after the war broke out, being assigned to the 69th New York regiment, which is a part of the famous Rainbow division. In letters to Oshkosh relatives, written recently, the young man spoke in glowing terms of the Wisconsin soldiers and referred particularly to the 150th machine gun company, an Oshkosh organization. He said Wisconsin might be proud of such men. The mother of the young man was a daughter of the late L. O. Rumery and is a sister of Lyman O. Rumery, Miss Carrie Rumery and Mrs. C. A. Wakeman, all of this city.
Listed on page 255 of "Solders of the Great War"
Family links:
Parents:
Lewis Hamilton Gunnell (1860 - 1928)
Josephine Rumery Gunnell (1864 - ____)
Siblings:
Oliver F Gunnell (1889 - 1972)*
Benjamin E. Gunnell (1896 - 1918)
Lewis Hamilton Gunnell (1898 - 1962)*
Burial:
Unknown
Roster of the Rainbow Division (forty-second) Major General Wm. A. Mann Commanding
Events
| Birth | Jan 1896 | Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, United States |  | ||
| Residence | 1900 | Ed 170 East Orange City Ward 1, Essex, New Jersey, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1910 | Kearny Ward 3, New Jersey | | ||
| Military Service | 7 Apr 1917 - 28 Jul 1918 | Enlisted in New York - New York City, New York, United States | |||
| Death | 28 Jul 1918 | Killed in Action WW1 - France | |
Families
| Father | Lewis H. Gunnell (1860 - 1928) |
| Mother | Josephine Rumery (1866 - 1938) |
| Sibling | Lydia R. Gunnell (1887 - ) |
| Sibling | Oliver F. Gunnell (1889 - 1972) |
| Sibling | Lewis H. Gunnell Jr. (1898 - 1962) |
Endnotes
1. , "Benjamin E. Gunnell (1896 - 1918) - Find A Grave Memorial." Benjamin E. Gunnell (1896 - 1918) - Find A Grave Memorial. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2014.. (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
2. , "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9JZ-VPC : accessed 07 Oct 2014), Benjamin Gunnell in household of Lewis H Gunnell, East Orange city Ward 1, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing sheet (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
3. , "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MKYC-1RJ : accessed 07 Oct 2014), Benjamin Gunnell in household of Louis H Gunnell, Kearny Ward 3, Hudson, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration dis (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
4. , "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9JZ-VPC : accessed 07 Oct 2014), Benjamin Gunnell in household of Lewis H Gunnell, East Orange city Ward 1, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing sheet (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
5. , "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MKYC-1RJ : accessed 07 Oct 2014), Benjamin Gunnell in household of Louis H Gunnell, Kearny Ward 3, Hudson, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration dis (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
6. , "Benjamin E. Gunnell (1896 - 1918) - Find A Grave Memorial." Benjamin E. Gunnell (1896 - 1918) - Find A Grave Memorial. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2014.. (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).